prickly

Letters that make prickly

k, l, p, c, r, i, y are letters that make 'prickly'

Words within prickly

PR, rick, IC, RI, ic, prick, Pr are words within 'prickly'


2 possible definitions for 'prickly'

Prickly as "very irritable"

Under this definition, prickly is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

waspish, bristly, splenetic have the same meaning as 'prickly'

Derivatives of prickly

spleen, irascibility, short temper, quick temper are derivatives of 'prickly'.

Similar to prickly

ill-natured is similar to prickly.

Example of prickly used within this context

"bristly exchanges between the White House and the press", "he became prickly and spiteful", "witty and waspish about his colleagues"


Prickly as "having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc."

Under this definition, prickly is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny have the same meaning as 'prickly'

Derivatives of prickly

spine, seta, feeler, barbel, briar, prickliness, bristliness, spininess, bristle, bur, bullbrier, greenbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, Smilax rotundifolia, thorniness, catbrier, burr, brier, pricker, sticker, thorn, prickle, spikelet are derivatives of 'prickly'.

Similar to prickly

armed is similar to prickly.



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